After several weeks of delay over final inspection details, downtown’s Broderick Tower residential project saw its first residents move in today.

Stewart Beal, president of Beal Inc. and one of the leaders of the project, said the call went out to waiting residents around 3:30 Friday afternoon that inspectors had awarded the skyscraper a certificate of occupancy to the project. Five residents moved in immediately, and Beal said he expects 50 more to move in by the end of the weekend.

Built in 1928 from a design by the father and son team of Louis and Paul Kamper, the former office tower at Woodward near Grand Circus Park stood vacant for decades before the current renovation work began to turn it into a residential tower.

The 125 apartments range from 422-square-foot studios to 2,200-square-foot penthouses. For more information, go to www.brodericktower.com.

The opening of the 34-story Broderick has been highly anticipated and viewed as a symbol of the recovery of the downtown and Midtown markets.